Theophile Gautier Quotes

The cat is a dilettante in fur. - Theophile Gautier quote.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.
— Theophile Gautier Cassell Companion to Quotations

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Eyes so transparent,
That through them one sees the soul.
— Theophile Gautier Poésies Complètes

eyes

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
— Theophile Gautier La Croix de Berny

chance

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. - Theophile Gautier quote.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
— Theophile Gautier

love admiration

Critical lice are like bodily lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. - Theophile Gautier quote.

Critical lice are like bodily lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.
— Theophile Gautier Mademoiselle de Maupin: A Romance of Love and Passion

critics

There was something theatrical and grandiloquent about him, and he seemed to pose like an actor who attracts admiration. His motions were slow, undulating, and full of majesty. - Theophile Gautier quote.

There was something theatrical and grandiloquent about him, and he seemed to pose like an actor who attracts admiration.  His motions were slow, undulating, and full of majesty.
— Theophile Gautier Ménagerie Intime

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